Dancin_Fool
Well-Known Member
So I started working on the designs for my son's Halloween costume a few months ago.
First he wanted to be Bumblebee, and it had to transform. So I set about designing a Bumblebee costume. The idea would be that the vehicle mode would be a single piece that could be worn that would drag along slightly behind him and allow him to quickly transform by just kneeling down, the parts essentially coming around him. He would then have a few bot mode parts that would be attached and worn on his arms and legs.
The more he got into Transformers though, he changed his mind and decided it had to be Optimus Prime. He's a big fan of Rescue Bots, the latest kids series for Transformers. In that series Optimus Prime is a triple changer and can transform between a truck and a dinosaur. He of course wanted a dino mode as well, but we veto'ed that one, lol.
The first thing I did was to start building the cardboard shell for the truck mode piece, to make sure this was all plausible. My plan is to use bungee's to keep the sides of the truck up while he's in bot mode. When he kneels down the back bed of the truck swings out and he pulls the sides in to finish the transformation.
I started unfolding the parts using the Armorsmith Costume Design tool I've been working on. ( I'll release the files once I'm done in case anyone else would like to build one for their kids. )
I'm currently racing to finish building all the bot mode parts this week so I can focus on the truck parts and mechanics next week. It'll be tight but I should be able to get it done.
First he wanted to be Bumblebee, and it had to transform. So I set about designing a Bumblebee costume. The idea would be that the vehicle mode would be a single piece that could be worn that would drag along slightly behind him and allow him to quickly transform by just kneeling down, the parts essentially coming around him. He would then have a few bot mode parts that would be attached and worn on his arms and legs.
The more he got into Transformers though, he changed his mind and decided it had to be Optimus Prime. He's a big fan of Rescue Bots, the latest kids series for Transformers. In that series Optimus Prime is a triple changer and can transform between a truck and a dinosaur. He of course wanted a dino mode as well, but we veto'ed that one, lol.
The first thing I did was to start building the cardboard shell for the truck mode piece, to make sure this was all plausible. My plan is to use bungee's to keep the sides of the truck up while he's in bot mode. When he kneels down the back bed of the truck swings out and he pulls the sides in to finish the transformation.
I started unfolding the parts using the Armorsmith Costume Design tool I've been working on. ( I'll release the files once I'm done in case anyone else would like to build one for their kids. )
I'm currently racing to finish building all the bot mode parts this week so I can focus on the truck parts and mechanics next week. It'll be tight but I should be able to get it done.